My personal STOR-i

Rhian Davies

What’s this talk about?


  • My career path so far

  • My reflections

  • What’s worked for me

My career so far


STOR-i logo

Arctic Shores logo

Digital Rail logo

Jumping Rivers logo

Whats the connection?


  • Consultancy

  • Start up / Scale ups

  • Lancaster (living somewhere nice)

Victoria Coren looks to camera on the set of 'Only Connect'

My reflections

Working in consultancy


✅ Variety of problems

✅ Variety of industries

✅ Learning new stuff

✅ Helping passionate people

❌ Billable time stress

❌ More time-pressure

❌ Overly invested in projects

❌ Bad projects

Working for a small company


✅ Scope for impact

✅ Great teams

✅ Can build your own role

✅ Autonomy and flexibility

❌ Growing pains

❌ Limited progression

❌ Constant bidding for work

❌ Can be unstable

What has helped me

Be bold 🙋‍♀️


Photograph of Alex Belton

Sceenshot of an online meeting with three people smiling

Photograph of Nicola Rennie

If you don’t ask, you don’t get

Find what makes you stand out 🌠


  • You can’t do it all 🦄

  • Focus on maximising your strengths

  • Then shout about it

Cartoon of three people collectively thinking

Use your community 👥


  • It’s a small world

  • Be curious and helpful

  • Build genuine connections

What’s next?

Victoria Coren from Only Connect sits above three logos, Arctic Shores, Digital Rail and Jumping Rivers. The fourth box is a question mark.

What’s next?

Same image as previous except the fourth box is now the logo for the Strategy Unit.

Questions?

Say hi 👋 @statsRhian

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